AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoUzbek Tax Overhaul: President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a May 19 decree that reshapes tax administration and expands “large taxpayer” status from July 1, automatically covering banks, insurers, exchanges, telecoms, tobacco makers, airlines, and key state firms—plus extraction, processing, and sale of hydrocarbons and mineral resources. Canada Enforcement Shock: Quebec’s court ordered ArcelorMittal Mining Canada to pay a record CAD 100M Fisheries Act fine for harmful discharges into fish-bearing waters at Mont-Wright and Fire Lake (2014–2022). Graphite Build Push: In Quebec, the Matawinie Graphite Mine moves from years of planning to construction in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, betting on jobs and long-term demand. Cuba Sanctions Shuffle: Sherritt International reversed course on dissolving its Cuba venture and struck a non-binding deal that could bring a majority stake via a Trump-linked family office. Critical Minerals Revival: KAP Minerals and Japan’s Hanwa are in talks to restart the former Agrium phosphate mine near Kapuskasing as a multi-product critical minerals platform. Power Manufacturing Jobs: Virginia Transformer plans a 600,000 sq-ft transformer plant in Alabama, targeting 1,100 jobs.
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